Tomas Plekanec and Alex Galchenyuk also lit the lamp for the Canadiens, who bounced back from a season-opening loss to Toronto. Carey Price made 27 saves in the victory.

Tomas Kopecky supplied the offense for Florida.

Scott Clemmensen allowed all four goals on 33 shots to suffer his first career
defeat against Montreal. He entered the game with a 6-0-0 record and a 1.68
goals-against average in seven career games against the Canadiens.